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Human Technical Behavior in the African Middle Stone Age

The Lithic Assemblage of Porc-Epic Cave (Dire Dawa, Ethiopia)

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ID9318367
AuthorsDavid Pleurdeau (0000-0001-9741-6704, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume22
Issue4
Pages177-197
Publication date2006-06-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Archaeological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-0338 • E-ISSN: 1572-9842
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10437-006-9000-7
OpenAlexW2067470136
LanguageEN
Citations received47
References cited31

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Cave · Geography · Homo sapiens · Human evolution · Lithic technology · Middle Paleolithic · Middle Stone Age · Mousterian · Neanderthal · Paleoanthropology · Pleistocene · Rock shelter · Stone Age · Stone tool · Upper Paleolithic · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology

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